A new Indivisible group is starting up in Bellingham! All residents of Bellingham and the surrounding towns are welcome to join. For more information, visit our website, find us on Facebook, or email us at bellinghamindivisible@gmail.com
Across the Metrowest-Norfolk-Worcester area, we are standing up, speaking out, and taking action in record numbers. With massive rally crowds and sold-out events, it's clear we have passion and momentum. This group was created to work more efficiently across the many local groups responsible for this surge in activism.
The MNW Action hub has three core functions:
1. To serve as a clearinghouse for best practice in activism. We'll help area organizations share their successful activities through "how to" blog posts and a robust set of digital resources. Want to access our files? Fill out the Best Practice Clearinghouse Share Request. Want to share a practice? Fill out the MNW Best Practice Clearinghouse Submission.
2. To maintain a coordinated calendar of area events and activities so that, at any time, activists can find actions that match their schedules and areas of interest. Want to add an event to our calendar? Fill out the Calendar Input Form. Want to embed our calendar on your website? Request the embed code.
3. To encourage folks to find groups in their area and get more deeply involved in organizing. We have a solid set of generals. We have a lot of foot soldiers. We need some colonels and majors to help things run more smoothly. Ready to level up? Find a local group here. Or, help out the hub by emailing us.
Message from Indivisible:
Dear Reader,
Spotify is running ads recruiting agents for ICE.
Let that sink in. A platform built to connect creators and listeners is helping an authoritarian regime build up its secret police force. They’re choosing complicity over the artists, podcasters, and fans who make Spotify what it is -- and when users and musicians called them out, Spotify’s first act was doubling down.
But we’re not going to idly accept that. We’re going to make them listen.
We’re asking anyone who subscribes to Spotify Premium to cancel your subscription until Spotify stops running ICE ads. Click here to watch step-by-step instructions on how to cancel Spotify Premium.
When ABC/Disney capitulated to the Trump regime by silencing Jimmy Kimmel this year, millions of paying customers spoke up by canceling their Disney+ subscriptions and putting off their Disney vacations. It worked.
The same people-power that made ABC/Disney reverse course can work on Spotify. Spotify needs its listeners and subscribers far more than it relies on advertisers. If enough of us cancel our subscriptions, it’ll send a clear message that's too loud for Spotify to ignore.
To catch Spotify leaders’ attention and compel them to stop capitulating, we need to move fast and in unison, so we’re asking anyone who can to cancel your Spotify Premium subscription today.
Read on for more tools and info, including ways to join this fight even if you aren’t a Spotify user!
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Spotify subscriber? How to leave them behind:
We created a step-by-step video on how to cancel your Spotify Premium subscription, and since we understand it’s tough losing your playlists and saved songs, we have resources to help make the transition to alternative music services smooth:
After Spotify removes ICE ads and stops profiting from fascist propaganda, you may re-subscribe to Spotify Premium at any time.
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NOT a Spotify subscriber? How to take action:
If you're not a Spotify Premium subscriber, there’s still a meaningful place for you in this campaign! Chances are high that you know someone -- a child, grandchild, friend, or social follower -- who uses Spotify Premium, and pushing your favorite artists and podcasters to speak out with us is also really helpful.
Here's how you can make a difference if you don't subscribe to Spotify:
Profit-driven media giants and their billionaire owners seem to think that going along with the authoritarian Trump regime is the easy thing. They’re following the profits and painting it as neutrality.
But in the face of an unjust regime, neutrality is complicity.
See you soon,
Indivisible Team
*All events should be hosted on public property or in public spaces, such as streets, sidewalks, or parks. Please follow all state and local guidelines.
Introduction
As an organizer we must always think “how can we make the coming event succeed AND how can this event lead to even more successful future events”. Below are a few tips on how to succeed and build on national events like Handsoff2025 and NoKings.
"I am honored to stand in peaceful protest with people of Millis and area towns who believe in the very best values of America: that through non-violent protest in defense of those values we affirm that we are a goverment of laws and not the whims of an individual who uses misleading rhetoric and unconstitional actions to instigate violence and intimidate the public - instead every person should be treated with dignity and respect. And that we firmly believe in liberty and justice for all."
"No kings - No Dictators - Defend our Constitution".
To stand in solidarity with American workers, Mass50501, the Greater Boston Labor Council, UUMassAction, and more are planning a Labor Day Parade in Boston Monday, 9/1, starting at 9:30 AM. Details about the Boston Parade will be shared here.
Prayers for Liberty will host a Labor Day walk from Lexington to Boston, from 9am-5pm. The walk will start at the Lexington Battle Green and will end at The Embrace statue on the Boston Common. Register for any portion of the walk here.
Area events include:
Holliston, 12-1pm
Canton, 2-3pm
Natick, 12-1:30pm
Needham, 3:30-5pm, with speakers (including Tamisha Civil)
Waltham, 4-6pm
Worcester, (overpass standout), 11am-1pm
Stay tuned here for more details, or check the national map. If your town is planning a Labor Day event, please add it to our calendar by filling out this form. Or, email us.